Dame Carol was commissioned by the Home Office and Department of Health and Social Care to undertake a 2-part independent review of drugs, to inform government thinking and policy. Today, the government issues its response.

In-person London events! Laing Buisson will hold its Private acute healthcare conference on 14 October at the Royal Society of Medicine, Hazell & Partners will hold its Updates in addiction forum on 17 September – and the DB Recovery+ Ukesad…

More needs to be done to protect children and young people from gambling addiction, members of both Houses of Parliament warned.  They fear that regular exposure to betting ads is desensitising children to gambling dangers.

Writing in the Daily Mail, Home Office minister Priti Patel and Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a trial of alcohol monitoring tags, to check if those guilty of drink-fuelled crime stay off booze. It is part of the Beating Crime…

There’s been a drop in specialist inpatient beds for alcohol withdrawal and alcohol treatment – and a rise in alcohol-related admissions in general as well as admissions for alcohol withdrawal to acute hospital settings, the Society for the Study of…